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Muslim Flight Attendant Says She Was Suspended For Refusing To Serve Alcohol [Files EEOC Complaint]
CNN ^ | September 5, 2015 | Emanuella Grinberg and Carma Hassan

Posted on 09/05/2015 8:07:18 PM PDT by Steelfish

Muslim Flight Attendant Says She Was Suspended For Refusing To Serve Alcohol

By Emanuella Grinberg and Carma Hassan September 5, 2015

(CNN)A Muslim flight attendant says she was suspended by ExpressJet for refusing to serve alcohol in accordance with her Islamic faith.

In a bid to get her job back, Charee Stanley filed a discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Tuesday for the revocation of a reasonable religious accommodation.

She wants to do her job without serving alcohol in accordance with her Islamic faith -- just as she was doing before her suspension, her lawyer said.

"What this case comes down to is no one should have to choose between their career and religion and it's incumbent upon employers to provide a safe environment where employees can feel they can practice their religion freely," said Lena Masri, an attorney with Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

Stanley, 40, started working for ExpressJet nearly three years ago. About two years ago she converted to Islam. This year she learned her faith prohibits her from not only consuming alcohol but serving it, too, Masri said.

She approached her supervisor on June 1 and was told to work out an arrangement for someone to fulfill passenger requests for alcohol.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 4ththread; discrimination; muslimlawsuit; muslimstewardess; servealcohol
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Not for Christians.


21 posted on 09/05/2015 8:24:47 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I'm fed up.)
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To: Steelfish

One knows when one is hired that alcohol will be served.


22 posted on 09/05/2015 8:27:23 PM PDT by Calpublican (Republican Party Now Stands for Nothing!!!!!(Except Conniving))
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To: Steelfish

She knew that was part of the job when she signed up and clearly knew it when she went through training. It should be tossed before the ink even dries.


23 posted on 09/05/2015 8:27:45 PM PDT by econjack (I'm not bossy...I just know what you should be doing.)
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To: P-Marlowe

Not to worry, because it’s against her muslim belief, SHE WILL GET HER JOB BACK and will not have to serve alcohol. But Kim Davis who the federal government is trying to force to go against her religious beliefs, well don’t you know Christian beliefs no longer matter. GOD forgive this once great country.


24 posted on 09/05/2015 8:27:54 PM PDT by kagnew
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To: Steelfish

I would not fly on a plane with a muslim flight attendant or a muslim anything else.


25 posted on 09/05/2015 8:29:05 PM PDT by chris37 (Heartless)
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To: Steelfish

A very weak case. She is being asked to serve it, not consume it. The person to whom she serves it may or may not drink it, as they see fit. The purchase or the dispense of alcohol has no connection to her religious beliefs because she is not the seller. Her employer is the seller, therefore she is not “taking the price” from the customer.

So it has been written.

Heh heh heh ...


26 posted on 09/05/2015 8:32:32 PM PDT by jessduntno (The mind of a liberal...deceit, desire for control, greed, contradiction and fueled by hate.)
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To: Steelfish

The alcohol is in a sealed bottle. She will not be affected by it. Same for check out clerks who handle wrapped bacon.

Excuses are like a** holes. Everyone has one!


27 posted on 09/05/2015 8:33:58 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Steelfish

She needs to find a new job. Goat herder for the boys perhaps?


28 posted on 09/05/2015 8:36:39 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Sorry but we no longer have religious rights in this country.

Unless you are Muslim.

29 posted on 09/05/2015 8:38:40 PM PDT by cpdiii (DECKHAND, ROUGHNECK, GEOLOGIST, PILOT, PHARMACIST, LIBERTARIAN The Constitution is worth dying for.)
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To: Steelfish

Indeed.


30 posted on 09/05/2015 8:39:58 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I'm fed up.)
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To: chris37
USAir safest airline photo USAIR.jpg
31 posted on 09/05/2015 8:42:16 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: kagnew

Moslem refuses to do job - suspended.

Christian refuses to do job - jail.

Big difference. Of course, one is indeed a “private” company and the other is government....but then, I guess gov. does suspensions, too. Hhmmm.


32 posted on 09/05/2015 8:43:51 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Gumdrop

Or....they like to be dominated by the husband and his other 3 wives.


33 posted on 09/05/2015 8:44:14 PM PDT by entropy12 (Trump is incorruptible. He is the only candidate without rich donors.)
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To: Steelfish

is that anything like not issuing a marriage license to gay couples...the clerk is now in jail.


34 posted on 09/05/2015 8:46:06 PM PDT by terycarl (COMMON SENSE PREVAILS OVER ALL)
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To: Steelfish

Toss her butt in jail..

“It’s the law of the land” !!!


35 posted on 09/05/2015 8:48:41 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Steelfish

“What this case comes down to is no one should have to choose between their career and religion and it’s incumbent upon employers to provide a safe environment where employees can feel they can practice their religion freely,” said Lena Masri, an attorney with Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
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Is Moslem speaking about Kim Davis, the Christian ???


36 posted on 09/05/2015 8:50:37 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: terycarl
is that anything like not issuing a marriage license to gay couples...the clerk is now in jail.

Of course not Muslims are the privileged class

/s

37 posted on 09/05/2015 8:51:01 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: Steelfish
Stanley, 40, started working for ExpressJet nearly three years ago. About two years ago she converted to Islam. This year she learned her faith prohibits her from not only consuming alcohol but serving it, too, Masri said.

converted to Islam????does she ever read anything??? Islam is not the friend of females. I understand that whatever airlines fly under the isis banner are hiring nitwits like her....

38 posted on 09/05/2015 8:51:44 PM PDT by terycarl (COMMON SENSE PREVAILS OVER ALL)
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To: P-Marlowe; Steelfish

“How can she fly on a plane with alcohol on board?”

Easy, no alcohol allowed on board flights she is on... /S

And seriously, make Obummer wade it on this ... oh, right, we have seen the Muzzie-in-Chief guzzlin’ beer. But of course the Prophet has given him special dispensation.


39 posted on 09/05/2015 8:55:08 PM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders)
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To: Steelfish

The US Constitution does not prevent employers from discriminating for any reason whatsoever. The constitution was only written to ensure government did not discriminate against citizen, i.e. equal treatment under the law.

Once we started meddling in this stuff during the civil rights era, we opened the door to constant conflict over which rights are more important. Does religious freedom, for example, force employers to hire employees who cannot properly perform the job requirements?

This stuff was so much easier when the government stayed within its constitutional bounds.


40 posted on 09/05/2015 8:56:18 PM PDT by CitizenUSA (Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.)
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